Xa le kholamu iqalisa ukusebenza, ndisenokuba ndingumnikazi werediyo yewotshi eyayikwitafile yokulala kwigumbi lokulala likaPhilip Roth.
Uyamazi uPhilip Roth, umbhali weencwadi zakudala ezifana nethi “Goodbye, Columbus,” “Portnoy’s Complaint” kunye nethi “The Plot Against America”? Usweleke kunyaka ophelileyo, kwaye ngempelaveki ephelileyo, ezinye zezinto zakhe zathengiswa kwifandesi yezindlu eneebhidi kwi-intanethi.
Irediyo yewotshi yiProton Model 320, kwaye akukho nto ikhethekileyo ngayo ngaphandle kokuba yayikwigumbi lokulala likaPhilip Roth.
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba yinto uPhilip Roth awayeyijonga xa wayevuka ezinzulwini zobusuku njengoko inxalenye yengqondo yakhe yayiluma ingxaki ethile yokubhala. Njengoko wayejonge amanani akhanyayo kwisikrini, ngaba wayiqalekisa ingxaki yakhe eyayimthintela ebuthongweni obunzulu, okanye yayikuthuthuzela ukwazi ukuba nangona wayephumle, inxalenye yakhe yayibhala?
Andazi ukuba kutheni ndinqwenela ukuba nento ephethwe nguPhilip Roth, kodwa ndathi ndakufika kwi-intanethi ndafumana ifandesi, ndaba nomdla kakhulu.
Ngelishwa, sele ndiphumelele kakhulu kumatshini wokuchwetheza we-Olivetti uRoth awawusebenzisa ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Iimodeli ze-IBM Selectric uRoth awatshintshela kuzo kamva nazo zityebile kakhulu kum.
Bendisoloko ndijonge isofa yesikhumba evela kwi studio yokubhala kaRoth obungayiqhuba ukuba ibihleli simahla ecaleni kwendlela. Ikrwelwe kwaye inemibala, itshatyalalisiwe kangangokuba ayibonakali. Ndingathi ndiyayiva ivumba le nto ifunekayo kwiscreen sekhompyutha kodwa ndiyijonge, ndicinga ngokufaka isaphulelo, ndizama ukubala ukuba kuya kubiza malini ukuyithumela kum. Mhlawumbi ndingathabatha uhambo ngemoto ndiqeshe ilori ukuze ndiyibuyisele. Ndingafumana ibali kuyo: “Mna noPhilip Roth’s Moldy Couch Across America.”
Nangona indawo yam yokusebenza iyinto eqhelekileyo — igumbi lokulala elingaphandle elinedesika — bendisoloko ndinomdla wokubona iindawo zokubhala zababhali. Kutyelelo lweencwadi kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, ndaqinisekisa ukuba ndicwangcisa ixesha lokuya eRowan Oak, ikhaya likaWilliam Faulkner langaphambili eOxford, eMississippi. Ngoku isebenza njengemyuziyam apho unokubona khona igumbi lakhe lokubhala, licwangciswe ngendlela ebekunokwenzeka ngayo xa wayesebenza, iiglasi zibekwe etafileni ekufutshane. Kwelinye igumbi, ungabona umzobo wenoveli yakhe ethi “A Fable” uzobe ngqo eludongeni.
Ukuba undwendwela iDuke University, ungayibona idesika yokubhala kaVirginia Woolf, umsebenzi oqinileyo wom-oki one-hinged top yokugcina kunye nomfanekiso opeyintiweyo kaClio, imyuziyam yembali. Ilifa likaRoth alinanto intle kangaka, ubuncinane hayi kule fandesi.
Kucingelwa ukuba ngamazwi abalulekileyo, hayi izinto ezijikeleze umdali wazo. Ifenitshala kaRoth eyenziwe nge-wicker veranda (akukho bhidi okwangoku) ayingomthombo wobuchule bakhe. Mhlawumbi izinto ngokwazo azibalulekanga kangako, kwaye ndizifaka ngentsingiselo ezingafanelanga. Amaphepha kunye nembalelwano enxulumene nomsebenzi kaRoth wokubhala iincwadi zigcinwe kwiThala leeNcwadi leCongress apho ziya kugcinwa kwaye zifikeleleke khona ngonaphakade.
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Zonke ezingezizo ezamabali, ikakhulu ibali, kodwa zikwathetha ngemiba ethile efihlakeleyo yenkcubeko/yobomi. Ndinayo nje le nto: “Heartland: Isikhumbuzo sokuSebenza nzima nokuPhuculwa kweLizwe eliTyebileyo eMhlabeni” nguSarah Smarsh.
Xa ndifunda incwadi entsha ekufaneleke kakhulu ukuyincoma, ndiyibeka kwi-post-it kwikhompyutha yam kwaye ukususela ngelo xesha ukuya phambili ndikhangela umfundi ofanelekileyo. Kwimeko enjalo, incwadi kaJessica Francis Kane ethi “Rules for Visiting” enamandla kancinci ifanelekile kuJudy.
Oku kuvela kuFebruwari, iqela lezicelo endizifake ngendlela engafanelekanga kwi-imeyile yam. Andinakufikelela kuzo zonke, kodwa njengesenzo esincinci, ndiyavuma ukuba bezikho. Ukususela ngoFebruwari, uCarrie ngokuqinisekileyo ufunde iincwadi ezininzi, kodwa ngokusekwe kolu luhlu, ndicebisa incwadi ethi “Bad Things Happen” ebhalwe nguHarry Dolan.
Ixesha leposi: Julayi-23-2019